Yang, Hataoka share lead after surge at Tour Championship

South Korea's Amy Yang and Nasa Hataoka of Japan put a little distance betweenthemselves and the field Saturday and share the lead after three rounds of the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Florida.

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Yang fired an eight-under-par 64 and Hataoka, the second-round co-leader, shot 65 at Tiburon Golf Club as both sit at 21 under heading into Sunday's final round.

Second-round co-leader Alison Lee dropped off the pace with a 68 to own solo third at 18-under. China's Xiyu Lin shot 66 to creep into solo fourth at 17-under. Australia's Minjee Lee [third-round 69] and China's Ruoning Yin [69] are tied for fifth, five shots off the lead.

Leona Maguire is tied for 39th on six-under after shooting a second consecutive one-under 71.

Yang birdied the first hole and never looked back, posting eight birdies onthe day without a bogey. She has played bogey-free golf since a bogey on No 1 Thursday.

"Yeah, boy, I wasn't even thinking about it," Yang said.

"I've been hitting the ball really solid and that really gave me lots ofchances out there. My putting has been working so well, and just, yeah, was just everything worked out together."

Carlota Ciganda of Spain posted the day's low round, 63, to leap into a tie for 11th at one-under.